Britain launches world's first gonorrhoea vaccination programme


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The resurgence of gonorrhoea in Britain has prompted the government there to start the world’s first vaccination programme against the STD. — AFP

Health authorities in England announced on May 21 (2025) the rollout of a world-first vaccine programme for gonorrhoea, amid record levels of the sexually-transmitted disease (STD).

Gonorrhoea cases in England in 2023 topped 85,000 – the highest number since records began in 1918 – with doctors warning of rising levels of antibiotic resistance.

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